Is it possible to run Google Chrome in headless mode with extensions?

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You can run Chrome with extensions headless using Xvfb.

  1. Install Xvfb. On Fedora sudo dnf install xorg-x11-server-Xvfb
  2. xvfb-run google-chrome --remote-debugging-port=9222 --disable-gpu https://www.google.com
  3. Use chrome-remote-interface (or another Chrome Debug Protocol client) to trigger the screenshot.

More complicated, but it does work. It’s what we use for headless chrome extension testing.

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